Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Defeated Army
After more than ten miles out of Chang'an, it is Xianyang, the capital of Qin, and Xianyang is linked to Fufeng County, Xianyang was destroyed most of it when the Qin Dynasty fell, and now Xianyang is later rebuilt and built, as Xianyang, the capital of the Great Qin Empire, has long been without the prosperity of the Qin Dynasty at that time, and because it is more than ten miles away from Chang'an, it is now the last gateway to the west of Chang'an.
And between Xianyang and Chang'an, it is the royal mausoleum, nine of the eleven emperors of the Western Han Dynasty are buried here, so Xianyang is the most important place in the entire Sanfu land in addition to Chang'an, and the emperors of the past dynasties will also leave heavy troops in Xianyang, until recent years, because of the rebellion in Liangzhou, most of the troops in Xianyang were transferred away to quell the rebellion.
When Li Feng passed through Xianyang, Jia Xu proposed to Li Feng to leave grain and grass in batches along the road, which could not only reduce the pressure on Ma Teng's rear army, increase the speed of marching, and bring back the defeated army at that time, but also get supplies while retreating, so that he would not have to be burdened by the burden of grain and grass, which would be safe and improve efficiency.
After resting outside Xianyang City for two hours, Li Feng set off again with three hundred personal guard cavalry and entered Fufeng County, for this county, Li Feng's deputy general Ma Teng can be said to be the most familiar, Li Feng's father-in-law Lu Zhi had apprenticed to Ma Rong in Fufeng Maoling, and after Fufeng, it was Guangwei County, which was connected to Hanyang with Guangwei.
Hanyang is a small county, but because it is located in the center of Liangzhou, connecting the east and west of Liangzhou, it is really an important place in Liangzhou, but because of this, it extends in all directions, and there is no barrier It is really an easy place to attack and difficult to defend.
And now Hanyang is a little stormy, if it weren't for the hard support of Hanyang Taishou Fu Xie, I am afraid that it will have fallen into the hands of the rebels, and now because of the defeat of the Han army, the few remaining defenders in Hanyang also seem to be demoralized, and they may change hands at any time.
The reason why it is still in the hands of Fu Xie is because Han Sui, one of the leaders of the rebel army, wants to surrender Fu Xie, so that the rebels are now besieging Hanyang, and they are reluctant to attack the city, otherwise even if the cavalry is not good at attacking the city, the number of people can also fill the moat under the city, and don't forget that there are nearly 20,000 horses under Li Xiangru's account, because of the killing of Geng Contempt and the defeat of the Han army, Li Xiangru recruited almost 10,000 Han troops, plus the original account, there are already 20,000 troops.
Obviously, the biggest difference between Han Sui and several other rebel leaders is that he knows the importance of talents, and he also knows that if he wants to achieve a career, he needs a large number of talents, and in the entire Liangzhou, except for Dong Zhuo outside Jincheng, Fu Xie is that he values talents, so it has been delayed until now.
It was also because of Han Sui's love for talent that the rebels were dragged to Hanyang, and also gave a chance to Li Feng, who led the army at this moment, when Li Feng quickly passed through Fufeng and entered Guangwei County, he finally ushered in the first wave of defeat, the number was only two hundred, and when he saw Li Feng's Han banner, he came looking at the wind.
Li Feng also learned from the population of 200 people about this great defeat, half of the Han army was killed and captured, most of the defeated Han army that escaped had already entered Guangwei County, and also learned that the rebels were currently besieging Hanyang City, and he was afraid that a small number of cavalry would pursue and kill the scattered Han army along the way.
Li Feng, who got the news, was in high spirits, he knew that this was his chance, so after Li Feng gave the two hundred Han troops a full meal, Li Feng immediately assigned tasks, every twenty people were a team, ten people were defeated, and ten people were guarded under Li Feng's tent, and they were scattered around to recruit defeated troops.
And also lied that Luoyang had sent troops to Chang'an, and the reinforcements would reach the heart of the army in a few days, and then Li Feng sent someone to inform Ma Teng behind him, and quickly came with grain and grass, because it was too late to gather the people from the urgency, so the grain and grass were carried by horses, and it happened that Li Feng only had 1,000 people and horses, and the horses were more than 500 to carry grain and grass.
After that, he opened the nearest small city gate, borrowed more than a dozen cauldrons from it, borrowed some grain from the county order, and added what he brought, all of which were boiled into thin soup, so that after nearly an hour, the men and horses sent by Li Feng came back one after another with some defeated troops, and after most of the day, the number of people had reached 5,000 unconsciously.
And the food prepared by Li Feng has already been used up, just when Li Feng was in a hurry, Ma Teng's vanguard arrived first, and a hundred horses carrying grain entered Li Feng's camp.
Li Feng is not the so-called natural general, although he has read a lot in books, but the real independent leadership is another thing, so there must be many mistakes in the first time leading the army, and he pulled Jia Xu here on this trip, and relied on Jia Xu to check and fill in the gaps along the way to make Li Feng's march so smooth.
A day later, more than 10,000 Han troops had gathered under Li Feng's tent, and Li Feng was very happy in his heart when he saw the troops growing stronger and stronger, but he didn't know that at this time, in a tent in his camp, several lieutenants and partial generals were preparing to replace him.
"This defeat, the Son of Heaven will be furious, although this relationship is not much with us, but after all, we are a defeated army, so go back, we are only afraid that this will end our career" The person who spoke sat at the top, it was obvious that he was the person with the highest prestige and military rank in the audience.
"Alas~~" The people present sighed when they heard this, and they were not sad because of their bad luck.
"When the general said this, there must be some good way to help us," just as everyone was silent in their own pain, the lowest lieutenant suddenly asked.
"That's right" and because of this sentence, the eyes of several people present instantly lit up, and they all looked up at the general who was headed.
"This~~~" Seeing everyone looking at him, the general was silent and looked at everyone in embarrassment.
"If the general can save us, we will take the general's lead," the lieutenant said again.
"I'm willing to take the general's horse as the leader," everyone didn't understand what the general meant at this time.
"We are colleagues, and we should watch and help each other," said the general, pretending to be generous.
"We all look up to the general in the future" does a full set of plays, and these people naturally know how to answer.
"Everyone, think that Li Feng is just a yellow-mouthed child, where he has the ability and prestige, and has recruited so many defeated troops, it is not because I have been like-minded one after another, so that he can gather more than 10,000 troops, and if I hand over this army to such a yellow-mouthed child, won't the rebels laugh at my big man," the general said.
"What does the general mean?" One of the lieutenants present asked aloud.
"You might as well think about it, what would happen if these more than 10,000 soldiers were in our hands? And what if this army is led by us and others to retreat to Chang'an," the general stroked his beard and said with a smile.
And as the general's words fell, many people present had already understood, and their originally gloomy eyes gradually regained their brilliance, and even a smile appeared on their faces.